Russ Ballard - The Very Best Of

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"Russ Ballard (born October 31, 1945 in Waltham Cross, Hertfordshire, England) is a British singer/songwriter. Initially he was a guitarist with Buster Meikle & The DayBreakers which incidentally also included his older brother on keyboards together with Bob Henrit on drums. He then went on to joint The Unit 4+2 in the early 60's before becoming the lead singer and guitarist of Argent writing their hit "God Gave Rock and Roll to You", later covered by Kiss.

He left Argent in 1973 and pursued a solo and song writing career. He wrote such hits as Three Dog Night's "Liar", Hot Chocolate's "So You Win Again", Rainbow's "Since You've Been Gone" and America's "You Can Do Magic". As a solo artist he charted once on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart, when "On the Rebound" went to number 58 in 1980.

The song "Voices" from the album Russ Ballard was featured on the Miami Vice episode entitled "Calderone's Return part 2", which aired on 26 October, 1984."